Tag archives for Lollipop

Prototype GUI is always an important part of an Android project. It lets to have a better idea about rendering of an application. Among available tools, Pencil is a great solution. Pencil is an open source prototyping GUI solution based on XUL Runner and so multiplatform ! Source code can be found on Github here : At this stage, you…

Before Android Lollipop , there was just one solution to schedule tasks on Android. You must use the AlarmManager system service acquired thanks to the following method call : (AlarmManager) getSystemService(); The AlarmManager was functional but had some major disadvantages. First, it doesn’t consider if the device is connected to a power plug, idle or connected to a unmetered network.…

Android Team has just announced Android , updated version of Android Lollipop platform. Like often, this new version comes with a better stability, bug fixes and obviously better performance. This Lollipop update brings to developers Android SDK with API Level 22. This new SDK version supports new platform and will let to developers to use new features introduced with Android…